Sayyiduna Abu Waqid al-Laythi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and we had only recently left the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance). The disbelievers of Quraysh and other Arab tribes had a huge tree called Dhat Anwat. They would come to it every year, hang their weapons on it, rest beneath it, and remain around it in devotion for a day. The narrator said: As we were travelling with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we saw a huge green lote tree, so we called out from the different sides of the road and said: O Messenger of Allah, make a Dhat Anwat for us. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allahu Akbar! By the One in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is, you have said just as the people of Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'Make for us a god just as they have gods' [Surah al-A'raf: 138]. You will surely follow the ways of those who came before you."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الحاء / 3280